Roger Duvoisin

Well, while I am waiting for production to continue on Where Lily Isn’t (the designer at the publishing house just left, so the search is on for a replacement, *sigh*…) I will entertain…

Roger Duvoisin (1904–1980) was born in Geneva, Switzerland, and in 1927, moved to New York for a job in textile design. When the company folded, he decided to publish a book he’d written and illustrated for his son. A Little Boy Drawing (Charles Scribner’s Sons) was released in 1932, and he followed it with Donkey, Donkey, which firmly established his career in children’s books—and is still in print, now from NYR Children’s Collection. Roger’s signature style was colourful, bold, and…

Roger Duvoisin makes quite a number of regular appearances on Fishink Blog. You can see more of my posts about him, by typing his name into the search box on the right hand side of my blog. He was …

From a 1944 edition (illustrated by Roger Duvoisin) of "A Child's Garden of Verse," by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Illustration by Roger Duvoisin in Spring Snow written and illustrated by Roger Duvoisin. New York: Knopf, 1963.

Roger Duvoisin (1900 – 1980) - Swiss-born American writer and illustrator. illustration, drawing, art, design, modern, mid-century, retro, vintage, children, picture, book, city, duck

"Autumn Harvest" by Alvin Tresselt, illustrated by Roger Duvoisin (1951). Featured in My Retro Reads: A blog celebrating the beauty of vintage children's books.

From a 1944 edition (illustrated by Roger Duvoisin) of "A Child's Garden of Verse," by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Roger Duvoisin (1904–1980) was born in Geneva, Switzerland, and in 1927, moved to New York for a job in textile design. When the company folded, he decided to publish a book he’d written and illustrated for his son. A Little Boy Drawing (Charles Scribner’s Sons) was released in 1932, and he followed it with Donkey, Donkey, which firmly established his career in children’s books—and is still in print, now from NYR Children’s Collection. Roger’s signature style was colourful, bold, and…

Roger Duvoisin, The House of Four Seasons (1956)